Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

Exercise 3

When the concluding question in a case problem can be answered simply yes or no, state the legal principle or rule of law that supports your answer.
Heather Gamble entered a Dollar General store to buy a shirt. Not finding one, she left and went to another store. She noticed that a Dollar General employee (Sherry Thornton) had followed her by car, and parked blocking Gamble's car. Gamble asked Thornton why she had followed her. Thornton asked Gamble what she had in her pants Gamble found nothing in her pocket, but Thornton grabbed at Gamble's panties from behind and tugged on them. Gamble realized Thornton was accusing her of shoplifting. Thornton left because it was clear that Gamble had not shoplifted. Gamble recited all this when she sued Dollar General for assault. Did she state adequate facts to raise the issue of whether there had been an assault?